Harrods Trip
Today yours truly and another stalwart Plusser braved the freezing cold wind and rain to venture up to Harrods in London for some Crimbo shopping. On first arriving we decided to browse the Food Hall, where a lady behind the delicatessen counter was handing out very tiny samples of Foie Gras (well it did cost £26 for 100g!). I took two. “I was planning to give that to someone else!” she said as I accidentally picked up the second bit. Oops!
We then looked round the Wine and Spirits section. I saw a nice bottle of champagne going for £315 (see below).
However this was as nothing compared to the spirits within. There were bottles of brandy costing several thousand pounds, but the most expensive was a 1938 Single Malt which cost a whopping £8000. A helpful staff-member nearby was giving out free samples – although when I investigated they were from a bottle of £22 Malt Whisky, not the £8000 bottle. He admitted to me that since the credit crunch there were fewer people paying £8000 for a bottle of whisky. I also saw a very old bottle of port with a very tatty label, going for over £300. “Pah!” I thought, “If I am going to pay more than £300 for a bottle of Port, the least they could do is put a proper label on it!”
After picking up a few bits and bobs from other departments, we called it a day. I must say though that there were Xmas hampers going for 50% off. That’s almost as much as a discount as you can get at Woolworths!
National Treasure Hunt
This Saturday was the National Treasure Hunt in London, of which your Humble blogmaster was one of the winners last year. We turned up at the Tattershall Castle on the Thames Embankment: there were 36 of us there – 33 participants and 3 organisers. We traipsed round the Parks and Palaces of London. We headed in the direction of Westminster, then Green Park and St James’ Park, and thence past Buckingham Palace to Hyde Park and finally Kensington Gardens. Phew! We got the bus back to the starting point.
Unfortunately, we missed out on the top spot by a mere 1 point! The winning team was actually from Coventry. They did fairly well, seeing as we were playing practical jokes on them like advising them to go the long way round Hyde Park! YHB was lucky to escape a dunking in the Serpentine at the hands of Dave Filer of Coventry, though I should point out that he was trying to do the same sort of thing to everyone else, so fair’s fair! Luckily, even coming in second meant we were entitled to a prize (cash as it happened).
Video from Last Night
Press Release
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Sporting Success with Thurrock Plus
Thurrock Plus were celebrating a major sporting victory last weekend at the Area Badminton Tournament, which was held in Dagenham. Thurrock member Joe Gurney was – along with partner Trevor Eley – winner of the Doubles Championship. The Badminton Tournament was organised by East Anglia Area Plus, Thurrock Plus’ parent organisation, and had participants from Plus clubs from all over Essex, East London, Hertfordshire, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk.
Badminton is just one of the sporting tournaments organised by Plus throughout the year: others include Tennis, Football, Go-Karting, Ten-Pin Bowling and Pool, amongst others. Said Joe, after his victory: “It was great to see so many take part today, both male and female, from all over the Area. Next I am looking forward to the Tennis which is next month – as well as Paintball in the near future.”
Thurrock Plus is a social, sporting and leisure group for young adults aged 18 to 35. It meets every Thursday at the Ship, Dock Road, Grays, from 9pm, as well as organise weekend events. To become a member or for more details call now on 07958 669339, or visit the website…
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